Core inflation at 0.2% in October

Core inflation, excluding food and energy prices, amounted to 0.2 percent year-on-year in October, compared to 0.7 percent in September, the National Bank of Poland said on Friday. Inflation excluding state-controlled prices amounted to -0.8 percent y/y compared to -0.5 percent in September. Inflation excluding the most volatile prices amounted to -0.1 percent y/y compared to 0 percent a month earlier. The so-called trimmed mean, which excludes the impact of 15 percent of the price basket with the lowest and highest growth rates, was at 0.0 percent, unchanged since August, the NBP also said.